Teen dies after sinus infection travels to brain, family says

FLINT, Mich. - A Flint, Michigan, family is mourning the loss of a 13-year-old after they said a sinus infection traveled to his brain.

WNEM reported that, according to a relative named Peggy Gilbert, Marquel Brantley went to an urgent care clinic about four weeks ago and was diagnosed with a “viral infection.” According to Gilbert, the teen was told the infection would “run its course.”